Shasta County Cattlemen's Association

10/02/2026

10/02/2026

09/25/2026

09/23/2026

THIS SUNDAY!!
9/27/26 @ 3pm

THIS IS A FREE EVENT FOR 4-H & FFA MEMBERS 

💥Show steer workshop with information on feeding and feeds as well as selection of your project.

🍀Shasta District Fair Qualifying Event!!🍀

💥 Frank Ward with Show Smart and Crystalyx Brand Suppliments will be our guest speaker.

💥Lots of feed options by Farmers Warehouse Company , Associated Feed and Supply Co. & Artois Feed Inc .

💥We will also have show supplies on hand by Weaver Livestock and Sullivan Supply, Inc.

💥Lots of giveaways!!

📞Please RSVP by calling 530-347-5077 for a head count on food.

09/23/2026

SCCA MEETING
9-22-26
Vittles at 7pm

09/22/2026

U.S. CATTLE REPORT 🔔 Feedlot House of Cards Beginning to Collapse as Feeder Cattle Supplies Tighten

According to Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, the cattle feeding industry is reaching a point where historically low placement and marketing rates will make it increasingly difficult to maintain current feedlot inventories.

The September Cattle on Feed report showed 11.163 million head on feed, up 0.7% from a year ago, despite August placements falling 9.2% and marketings declining 3.3%. Peel says placements and marketings have fallen to record-low levels in the available Cattle on Feed data.

Feedlots have maintained inventories largely by keeping cattle on feed longer. The 12-month average feedlot marketing rate fell to a record-low 14.1% in August, compared with an average of about 16% since 2018. That slowdown has contributed to dramatically heavier cattle. Steer carcass weights increased 23 pounds in 2024, 24 pounds in 2025 and are up another 32 pounds so far in 2026—roughly 75 pounds in just three years.

According to Peel, that strategy is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain. The 2026 calf crop is estimated at 32.5 million head, down 3.79 million from its 2018 cyclical peak. With sharply lower placements in July and August and feeder cattle supplies expected to tighten further into 2027, Peel expects feedlot inventories to soon fall below year-ago levels and remain lower for the foreseeable future.

Mexican cattle imports could provide some additional supply, but increased heifer retention needed to stabilize or rebuild the U.S. cow herd could further tighten the number of cattle available for feedlots.

09/18/2026

FACT: Beef prices in the grocery stores aren’t a problem. The Big Four Packers (who control 85% of our beef supply in a monopoly that has crippled ranchers for years) complaining about their profits are.

FACT: If the globalist system we have operated under for a generation worked, then why have we lost 660,000 ranching families and 87,000 farmer/feeders since 1980? Why is our nation’s beef hard at a 75-year low, despite recent high prices?

Keeping independent families ranching on the land & USA beef on the dinner table is worth fighting for!

Let’s get to work.

09/18/2026

Holy cow, it's National Cheeseburger Day! Celebrating California beef, one bite at a time 🧀🍔❤️

09/18/2026

09/04/2026

President Trump today signed two executive orders addressing several challenges facing America’s cattle and sheep producers.

The orders include:
• A path forward on mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL) for beef
• Heightened Packers and Stockyards Act enforcement, including investigations into unfair practices and price manipulation
• Expanded opportunities for small and regional processors and examination of barriers preventing state-inspected and custom-exempt meat from entering interstate commerce
• Action toward gray and Mexican wolf delisting or downlisting, along with changes addressing livestock depredation, compensation and lethal removal
• A government-wide review of federal regulations and policies affecting ranchers

These executive orders don’t fix everything with the stroke of a pen, but they put the weight of the administration behind tackling many of the problems cattle producers have raised for decades.

This is only the start, and there is still work to be done!

We must ensure these directives are fully implemented and continue working toward a cattle and beef marketplace that rewards American producers, provides consumers with transparency and rebuilds our domestic cattle industry for generations to come.